problems using wicd on WPA2 secured networks
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From: Paul Scott on 19 Jan 2010 11:30 Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2010-01-19, Paul Scott <waterhorse(a)ultrasw.com> wrote: (...) >>> >>> I'm using backported wicd 1.6.2.2 on lenny. I believe I have made many attempts with 1.6.2.2 but I will try it again. > I find that the terms "key", "password", and "passphrase" tend to be > used interchangeably in the literature. The important thing to remember > is that the key can be 8-63 printable ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal > characters. Hence the conversion you mention above. > > To generate a PSK, you can use an online service like > https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. Ok. I will try that on my home situation. OTOH I need to connect at a coffee shop which uses a given "password" Wicd just tells me that the connection is WPA2. When I set Wicd properties for that connection either to WPA 1/2 Passphrase or WPA 1/2 Preshared Key I get the same bad password rejection from Wicd. That was with 1.7. I'm installing 1.6.2.2 right now. Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Arthur Machlas on 19 Jan 2010 12:30 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole(a)gmail.com>wrote: > On 2010-01-19, Paul Scott <waterhorse(a)ultrasw.com> wrote: > > Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> On 2010-01-19, Paul Scott <waterhorse(a)ultrasw.com> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Wicd is mostly not working for me on networks using WPA2 including a > >>> Linksys WRT54G2 router I configured myself for WPA2. Testing this > >>> connection when encryption is disabled works fine. When I set the > >>> router to WPA2 Personal I currently get: > >>> Connection failed: bad password > >>> > >> --SNIP-- > >>> 2010/01/19 01:45:13 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. > >>> 2010/01/19 01:45:13 :: connect result is Failed > >>> 2010/01/19 01:45:13 :: exiting connection thread > >>> 2010/01/19 01:45:13 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass > >> --SNIP-- > >> > >> I'm using backported wicd 1.6.2.2 on lenny. It authenticates > >> successfully using WPA2 with a WRT54G router. For encryption type I use > >> "WPA 1/2 Preshared Key" and enter the key in hexadecimal. No trouble. > >> > >> How does that compare with your settings? > > > > This may lead me to ideas not made clear in docs I have read so far. > > > > I am using WPA2 Personal with a text based password which appears to be > > converted to a key by wicd. > > > > How you create a Preshared Key? > > > > In terms of either wicd or the router what's the difference between a > > key and a password? > > > > I find that the terms "key", "password", and "passphrase" tend to be > used interchangeably in the literature. The important thing to remember > is that the key can be 8-63 printable ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal > characters. Hence the conversion you mention above. > > To generate a PSK, you can use an online service like > https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. > > > Not to belabour the obvious, but are you certain the passwords match? One time I generated a password on the router not realizing that my caps lock key was on. Best, Arthur
From: Liam O'Toole on 19 Jan 2010 14:10 On 2010-01-19, Paul Scott <waterhorse(a)ultrasw.com> wrote: > Wicd just tells me that the connection is WPA2. When I set Wicd > properties for that connection either to > > WPA 1/2 Passphrase > or > WPA 1/2 Preshared Key > > I get the same bad password rejection from Wicd. > When I select "WPA 1/2 (Preshared Key)" I use the hexadecimal representation of the key. I didn't use a passphrase to generate the key, so I don't use the other option. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Freeman on 19 Jan 2010 15:00 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 09:30:46AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Liam O'Toole wrote: > >On 2010-01-19, Paul Scott <waterhorse(a)ultrasw.com> wrote: > (...) > > >>> > >>>I'm using backported wicd 1.6.2.2 on lenny. > > I believe I have made many attempts with 1.6.2.2 but I will try it again. > > >I find that the terms "key", "password", and "passphrase" tend to be > >used interchangeably in the literature. The important thing to remember > >is that the key can be 8-63 printable ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal > >characters. Hence the conversion you mention above. > > > >To generate a PSK, you can use an online service like > >https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. > > Ok. I will try that on my home situation. > > OTOH I need to connect at a coffee shop which uses a given "password" > > Wicd just tells me that the connection is WPA2. When I set Wicd > properties for that connection either to > > WPA 1/2 Passphrase > or > WPA 1/2 Preshared Key > > I get the same bad password rejection from Wicd. > > That was with 1.7. I'm installing 1.6.2.2 right now. > I had problems with the encrypted connection at my office starting with an upgrade sometime back. It is a WEP hexadecimal passphrase. No rejection of the passphrase though. It claims failure finding the DNS server. Also an WRT54G and Wicd 1.6.2.2, on squeeze. At first I thought it wasn't connecting. After playing with every setting possible, I discovered it was timing out sometimes on the first try. I finally settled for 60 seconds of working off line while I wait, with an occasional second try. Instantly connects to everything else instantly, even the office occasionally. -- Kind Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Paul Scott on 19 Jan 2010 17:00 Arthur Machlas wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole(a)gmail.com > <mailto:liam.p.otoole(a)gmail.com>> wrote: > > > To generate a PSK, you can use an online service like > https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. > > Not to belabour the obvious, but are you certain the passwords match? > One time I generated a password on the router not realizing that my caps > lock key was on. Yes. They are both visible to me at some point. Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
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